Campground Owners of New York (CONY) congratulates treasure hunter Christopher Claycomb from Duke Center, Pa., for finding the special National Get Outdoors Day geocaching coin hidden at Hickory Hill Family Camping Resort in Bath, N.Y., on June 9. Hickory Hill is one...
The Hidden Valley Camping Area, campground, located at 299 Kiantone Road, Jamestown, N.Y., is under the new ownership of Bill and June Woltmann and Jessica and Mickey Spak. Jessica Spak, who is Woltmann’s daughter, said the family was living and working in...
Click here to watch a video courtesy of WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, Wis. The Department of Natural Resources says reservations at Wisconsin State Park campgrounds are up almost 10 percent from last year. But, building fires and roasting marshmallows aren’t the only...
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are top destinations for travelers visiting California for the first time. But camping enthusiasts up and down the San Joaquin Valley often find their own slice of paradise just outside the national park boundaries. One case in...
David Gorin, former ARVC CEO, wrote the following column for the July issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. He is president of David Gorin & Associates, providing management consulting services to the outdoor hospitality industry. He is also a partner in...
When Ron Markel attended the world pro lumberjack event 15 years ago, he noticed that there were no interpreters and thus no way for deaf people to participate. “We decided to found our own world deaf lumberjack (event),” he said in sign language. Markel, a logger...
ARVC Board of Director Nominations Open At the 2012 Outdoor Hospitality Conference and Expo voting will take place for board of director positions in Voting Areas 2, 3, 4 and 6 (see map below). Candidate nominations are being accepted through July 31, 2012. ARVC...
A woman struck by lightning at a Bozrah, Conn., campground Monday (June 25) sustained second- and third-degree burns and was flown to Rhode Island Hospital, fire officials said. Bozrah Fire Department Deputy Chief Ryan Scholes said firefighters responded to Odetah...
Revenue is expected to grow 3.1 percent this year for the campground and RV park industry, according to a report by IBISWorld. According to a news release, the industry began its recovery in 2010, after a disappointing 2009 when industry revenue declined 4.8 percent...
Two bears that may be linked to three recent attacks in the area of Payson, Ariz., have been tracked and killed, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Dogs picked up their scents Sunday night (June 24) south of the Ponderosa Campground in the Tonto...
The Colorado-based National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) that represents more than 3,000 private campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks is using McDermott Will & Emery to stake out a presence in Washington, The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times...
The Salem/Lisbon, Ohio KOA Campground will be celebrating its first birthday on July 25 as a Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) franchisee. The park, formerly known as the Stone Ridge Terrace Campground, is owned and operated by John and Barb Kuder. The campground is...
